Decadent word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "decadent" word
[adjective] marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"
\De*ca"dent\, n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers. The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of realists. --C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by ``decadents''. --The Century.
Synonyms for decadent
effete, indulgent
See also: bad person |
Related terms: abandoned, coming apart, corrupt, corrupted, degenerative, degraded, depraved, disintegrating, dissipated, draining, languishing, on the wane, profligate, reprobate, retrogressive, rotten, shriveling, vice-corrupted, waning, wasting, wilting, withering
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Let's analyse "decadent" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 37.5% of vowels is 1.1% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNEDACED. Average typing speed for these characters is 2225 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
decadent: 5 + 1 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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